aesthetics vs price

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Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on August 9, 2001 at 21:18:30:

In reply to: The Good Scents Company sells perfume quality terpineol 11kg/$14.69 posted by Faery Ring on August 9, 2001 at 21:05:37:

The color I got with straight terpineol wasn't quite as good as that
with Cajaput and Tea Tree. It went to a deep burgundy brown and held
.... but in many ways it behaved very similarly to the Tea Tree and
Caj.

It's a great little molecule for henna ... as hydrocarbon solvent,
with a small molecule,suiting the hydrophobic 1-4 hydroxy
napthaquinone molecule very nicely. It has very low incidence of skin
irritation ... and is cheap to boot ....shows why that the
manufactureres use it all the time in pre-made pastes!

Thanks for the resource, I'll put it on my webpage. I certainly
hadn't come up with a source!

Terpineol *could* use a bit of help in the smell department. I do like
the smell and feel of the EO's better than straight terpineol ...
perhaps the complex of monoterpine hydrocarbon solvents do a better
job than just the one.

If cheap is your bottom line .... straight terpineol should do ok. If
aesthetics overshadow money ... go for the EO's.

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needs more testing Faery Ring 21:41:20 8/9/2001 (1)
- choices, complexities Catherine Cartwright Jones 22:22:07 8/9/2001 (0)

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: The color I got with straight terpineol wasn't quite as good as that : with Cajaput and Tea Tree. It went to a deep burgundy brown and held : .... but in many ways it behaved very similarly to the Tea Tree and : Caj. : : It's a great little molecule for henna ... as hydrocarbon solvent, : with a small molecule,suiting the hydrophobic 1-4 hydroxy : napthaquinone molecule very nicely. It has very low incidence of skin : irritation ... and is cheap to boot ....shows why that the : manufactureres use it all the time in pre-made pastes! : : Thanks for the resource, I'll put it on my webpage. I certainly : hadn't come up with a source! : : Terpineol could use a bit of help in the smell department. I do like : the smell and feel of the EO's better than straight terpineol ... : perhaps the complex of monoterpine hydrocarbon solvents do a better : job than just the one. : : If cheap is your bottom line .... straight terpineol should do ok. If : aesthetics overshadow money ... go for the EO's.
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